A. All plumbing installed within the city shall be installed in accordance with the Illinois plumbing code, 77 Illinois administrative code 890. If in accordance with the Illinois plumbing code or in the opinion of the director, an approved reduced pressure zone valve (alternatively referred to as a "cross connection control device" or "RPZ") is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the director will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall install such an approved device, including expansion tank or other approved storage vessel at the point of interior connection, at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois plumbing code, Illinois environmental protection act and all applicable local regulations, within ten (10) days of receiving said notice from the director of public works, and shall have inspections and tests made from such approved devices upon installation and as required by the Illinois plumbing code, Illinois environmental protection act and local regulations.
The cross connection protection devices protecting the municipal waterworks system shall be approved by and supplied by and owned by the city of Prospect Heights. Costs for said devices shall be paid for in accordance with procedures established by the city.
B. No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the city may enter the supply or distribution system of said municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the director and the Illinois environmental protection agency.
C. The department of public works shall be responsible for testing and certification of all cross connection control devices protecting the municipal waterworks system from contamination in accordance with 35 Illinois administrative code 653, subpart H.
1. Testing and certification of all cross connection control devices shall be done at least annually and upon initial installation.
2. Each device shall have a tag attached by the licensed cross connection control device inspector (CCCDI) listing the following information:
a. Date of most recent test.
b. Name of CCCDI and company of the CCCDI.
c. Type and date of repairs, if any.
3. A maintenance log shall be maintained by the city and include:
a. Date of each test;
b. Name and approval number of person performing the test;
c. Test results;
d. Repairs or servicing required;
e. Repairs and date completed; and
f. Servicing performed and date completed.
4. Costs for all inspections and testing of cross connection control devices protecting the municipal waterworks system shall be paid by the property owner, occupant, or tenant as provided for in this chapter. The city council shall set such inspection and testing fees by separate ordinance or resolution.
5. Costs for maintaining, repairing, or replacing cross connection control devices protecting the municipal waterworks system shall be borne by the city, unless the maintenance, repair, or replacement is necessitated by freezing, negligence, or other act of the owner, occupant, or tenant.
D. The approved cross connection control device inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the city for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross connections, and the director or his authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the city for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross connection control inspection. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish the director any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the director, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
E. The director is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section, and until a reconnection fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) is paid to the city. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the director is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection. Immediate disconnection without notice to any party can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply; provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the director or the Illinois environmental protection agency, such action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply. Neither the city, the director, or its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues which may result from termination of said customer's water supply in accordance with the terms of this section, whether or not said termination was with or without notice.
F. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner, occupant, or tenant of a building to periodically survey or cause to be surveyed, the water use practices in the building to establish the presence or lack of potential cross connections between private plumbing systems and the municipal waterworks system.
G. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner, occupant, or tenant of a building to prevent potential or actual cross connections between a private water system and the municipal waterworks system with the installation of an approved cross connection control device.
H. The property owner, occupant, or tenant is responsible for back siphoned or back pressured material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of cleanup of the potable water supply system.
I. Rules and regulations with respect to the system of cross connection control described in this section are hereby approved and adopted in substantially the form attached to the ordinance codified herein by reference.
J. Any person found to be violating any provision of this section or the rules and regulations adopted herein shall be served with written notice stating the notice of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violation.
K. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or the rules and regulations adopted herein, in addition to the fine provided, shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the city by reason of such violation, whether the same was caused before or after notice. (Ord. 0-08-39, 9-2-2008)